diff -r 7900d240c3d8 -r f848d7f96195 mercurial/commands.py
--- a/mercurial/commands.py	Mon Dec 01 12:11:28 2008 +0100
+++ b/mercurial/commands.py	Mon Dec 01 13:44:34 2008 +0100
@@ -1428,7 +1428,7 @@
 
     if name and name != 'shortlist':
         i = None
-        for f in (helpcmd, helptopic, helpext):
+        for f in (helptopic, helpcmd, helpext):
             try:
                 f(name)
                 i = None